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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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